Hasp-lock



v3 1TED- STATES- PATENT Grimes.

JAMES'A. DIXON, OF BOWLING GREEN, MISSOURI.

HASP-LOCK.

srncrnrca'rrolv forming part of Letters Patent No. 517,685, dated April 3,1894.

Application filedll'une 19, 1893- Sarial No. 478,058. (No model.)

reference being had toithe accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to an improved fhasp lock and consists in the novel arrangement andcombination of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter described and designated in the claim.

of each of said slots.

The object of my invention is to improve upon and simplify the construction of the hasp-lock described and shown in United States patent, No. 489,326, granted to Cortez V.Pugh and his assignees, June 3, 1893.

. In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective View of my complete invention as applied to a door, with a part thereof broken away. Fig. 2 1s a sectional view of a door and the jamb thereof, showing my invention applied to the same. Fig. 3 is a detached sectional view of the button of the lock.

Referring to the drawings: 3 indicates a sliding hasp made or stamped from sheet metal and provided with two longitudinal and parallel slots 4, which are adapted to engage the staple 5 driven in thedoor '1. Said slots 4 extend longitudinally in said hasp to a point adjacent each of its ends. Said hasp is provided with a bent or bowed end 6 and also with a circular aperture 7 for the purpose more fully hereinafter described.

8 indicates a knob or button which is revolubly mounted on the revolving pin 9 carried by the sliding hasp 3. The position of the ,knob or button 8 with relation to said hasp and.

the slots 4, is such that said knob or button partially overlaps or overhangs the outer ends Said knob or button 8 is provided with a crescent shaped hook or curvilinear portion 10, and also with a detachablesemi-circularthumb-piece11,thesaid thumb-piece 11 being provided with projections 12 which are adapted tobe inserted through suitable perforations 13 formed in said button. By this construction it can be readily perceived that the button, or more specifically the portions thereof may be stationary to the door if found desirable. will also be seen that by reason of the longistamped direotlv and cut from a blankpiece gated slots 4and said portion 14 is adapted to slide and travel within the staple 5 drivenin the door, The bent end or portion of the hasp is for the purpose of affording a means by which the same may be readily handled, released or removed from the staple 15.- The circular aperture 7 is provided as a means for making the hasp stationary to the door if desirable.

It can be readily perceived from the foregoing description that the hasp 3 is so constructed that it is adjustable or may be made to slide upon the door, thus allowing for any shrinkage or settling of said door, and said hasp is also constructed so that it may be made tudinal slots 4 being located in the hasp in the manner above described, so that their outer ends are overlapped by the knob or button 8, said hasp may be slid inward until the base of said knob or button comes in contact with the staple 5 upon the door, when said staple will act as a stop to limit the further inward movement of the hasp and the button. When said hasp is at the limit of its inward movement j ust described, the crescent-shaped hook or curvilinear portion 10 of said button may be readily hooked over the projecting staple 5, and thereby hold said hasp, and the parts carried by it, in such position, which is a very desirable adjustment, for the reason that said parts are thereby out of the way and are held convenientlyin readiness to be again placed in normal position. With the crescent shaped hook 10 thus in engagement with the door staple 5, all rattling or looseness of the parts is prevented. Furthermore, with the hasp and its parts in such position, it will be observed that the outer end of said hasp will not project beyond ,the vertical free edge of the door, and consequently said end will not project beyond said edge of the door in the way.

I amwell aware of the patent granted to Cortez V. Pugh, No. 489,326, referred to near the beginning of this specification, and I do not claim the hasp shown therein, for the reason that such hasp is so constructed that it would not answer the purpose of my invention, as the hasp shown in said patent does not have its slots extended adjacent its outer end, and overhung by the button. Furthermore the devices shown in said patent cannot perform the functions of my improved hasp lock, for the further reason that the button vided with two longitudinal parallel slots 4, which extend in the body of said hasp and terminate at points adjacent the ends thereof, a staple 5 which engages said slots and loosely secures said hasp in position, another staple which the hasp engages to lock the door, and a button 8 revolubly mounted on said hasp adjacent the outer end thereof, so that its base overhangs the outer ends of each of said slots, said button having a crescentshaped hook 10 having two free ends which engage either the staple upon the door jainb, or the staple 5 upon the door, substantially as and for the purpose herein specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES A. DIXON.

Witnesses:

J. D. HOSTETTER, WM. G. Doonnv. 

